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Tuesday, 19th January 2010

Results from the Colorado Library Research Service Survey on The Future of the Book

In December, the team at the Colorado Library Research Service asked for feedback for a survey they were conducting about the future of the book.

After some 1700 responses, the results are now available in this post.

Here are the questions. Just visit the blog post to see the results both textually and graphically.

1) Do you think paper books will eventually disappear?

2) What do you predict libraries will circulate in 10 years?

3) In what format (audio, electronic, or paper) respondents currently read fiction, non-fiction, and textbooks, as well as how they predict how they will read those materials 10 years from now.

Some Responses:

The largest expected transformation among respondents was for textbooks. 10 percent currently read them in an electronic format, but 59% expect to be reading them electronically in 10 years.

Survey respondents also predicted a change in how they will read fiction and non-fiction. Currently, 86 percent of our respondents read non-fiction in a paper format, but only 59 percent expect they will still be reading non-fiction that way in 10 years.

As for fiction, 88 percent of our respondents read fiction from paper books, but only 70% predict they will still read fiction that way in 10 years.

Finally, the LRS said that many people who answered the survey included text responses. Those will be coming soon.

Source: Colorado Library Research Service


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